Defense

Administration seeks deadline extension for US VISIT compliance

Homeland Security officials on Friday asked Congress to extend the deadline for complying with the new electronic immigration tracking system.

Defense

Homeland Security agency grapples with staffing shortage

Homeland Security officials took fire on Capitol Hill Thursday over slow-moving efforts to staff the department's infrastructure protection unit.

Defense

Appropriators press Pentagon over restructuring costs

Top Senate appropriators called on the Pentagon Tuesday to be more forthcoming about the impact of its overseas basing strategy on the next round of military base closings.

Defense

Judge delays ex-Army biologist's anthrax lawsuit

Defense

Sept. 11 commission weighs reorganizing federal agencies

The commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is considering a host of proposals to reorganize federal agencies, including a controversial plan to create a domestic intelligence agency.